Holder for razor-blades.



No. 852,750. PATENTED MAY ,7, 1907.

E. W. WHEELER. HOLDER FOR RAZOR BLADES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-28.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD WHEELER, OF CEDAR SPRINGS, MICHIGAN.

HOLDER FOR RAZOR-BLADES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May "1:, 1907.

Application filed March 28,1906. Serial Noss,s4.2.

To aZZ whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. WHEELER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Springs,-'in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Holders for Razor-Blades,-of whichthe following is' a specification.

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The present invention relates to an improved device for stropping the thin blades ordinarily used in connection with safety These blades are formed of such thin material that it is very difficult to handle them without some kind of a holder and for this reason, it is customary to throw them away after they have become dull.

The object of this invention has accordingly been to provide a holder within which theblades can be very easily inserted and which is so constructed as to enable them to v be stropped in the usual manner.

For a full-description of the invention and to in the followin description and indicated in all the views 0 the drawings by the same reference? characters.

The numeral 1 designates the blade of a safety razor and.when in position the construction, it will be a parent that the,

. holder the blade is heldbetween two oppositely disposed uardplates 2. These guard plates 2 prefera ly have a spring connection at one'endand may be very readily formed;

of a single strip of s ring material as shown in the drawings. needge of the guard 45 plates 2 is detachably connected to the stem 3 which is provided at one end with a handle.

I 4 by means'of which the holder can be readily manipulated. The stem'3 preferably has a tubular formation and is provided with-a 5o lon itudinal slit 5 through which one edge of. eac of the uard plates 2 is inserted. One

\ of the guar plates is provided with a projection or rib-6 which normally fits within the hollow portion of the stem 3. With this guard plates 2 can be readi y slipped into po- '-sition from the end of the stem 3, but are held against lateral displacement by means offthe projection or rib 6.

, A back piece 7 is employed in connection with the stem and guard lates, and in the resent instance serves bot as a guide mem er to hold the blade at the required inclination to the strap and also as a clamping member to hold the two guard lates 2 in a close engagement with the bla' e 1. In its specific formation, the back piece 7 comprises essentially a tubular member somewhat larger than the stem 3 and provided along one side with a longitudinal slit 8. When in operative position, the guard plates 2 are passed through the slit 8 so that the stem 3 is located within the back piece 7. In order toprevent the back piece 7 from slipping upon the guard plates 2, one of the lat ter members is. rovided with a rib or pro jection 9 which Is so located as to hold the back piece closely against the stem. By using spring meta in the construction of the back piece, the same may be caused to have a clamping action and to hold the ard plates 2 in a close engagement with the razor lade. With this construction it ,will be apparent that the two longitudinal ribs 6 and 9 upon the guard plates 2 will operate to effectively prevent any lateral displacement of the latter with respect to the tubular stem 3. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. 'A holder for razor blades comprising a pair of oppositely disposed guard plates which fit upon opposite sides of the razor blade, 2. pair of spaced longitudinal ribs projecting from the outer face of one of the guard lates, and a tubular stem rovided with a ongitudinal' slit, the guard p ates fitting within the slit'and being held against any lateral movement by means of the before mentioned spaced longitudinal ribs.

' 2. A holder for razor blades comprising a pair of oppositely disposed guard plates whichfit upon opposite sides of the razor blade, the said guard plates having a spring connection at one end thereof, a pair of spaced longitudinal ribs projecting from the outer face of one of the guard plates, and a .tubular stem provided with a longitudinal slit, the said guard plates fitting within the slit and being held against any lateral movement by means of the before mentioned spaced lon itudinal ribs.

3. A ho der for razor blades, comprising oppositely disposed guard plates, which fit upon 0 posite sides of the razor blade, a stem w ich' is detachably and slidably connected to the guard members, and a tubular back piece surrounding the stem and detachably connected to the guard members, the

.said back piece serving both as a guide and as a clamping medium.

4. A holder for razor blades comprising oppositely disposed guard plates which fit upon opposite sides of the razor blade, atubu- 'lar stem provided with a longitudinal slot by means of which the guard plates are detachably and slidably connected to the stem, and a tubular back iece surroundin the stem and provided wit a longitudinal s it through which the guard plates are passed, the said back piece serving both as a guide and as a clamping medium.

' 5. A holder for razor blades comprising a pair of oppositely disposed guard plgtes which fit upon opposite sides of the razor blade, a tubular stem provided with a longitudinal slit, the said guard plates passing through the slit and being provided with a projection which extends within the hollow portion of the stem so as to hold the guard plates againstlateral displacement, a handle secured to'the stem, and a tubular back piece provided with a longitudinal slit through which the guard plates are passed, the said guard plates being provided with a projection which holds stem.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature the back'piece against the in presence of two witnesses. 

